Showing posts with tag: arabesque

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20 JANUARY 2012

Yoga-bashing; is ballet next?

The yogis have emerged from their meditations to lodge passionate protests. The fitness buffs who’ve turned yoga into a competitive sport and a $6 billion industry in America are dividing into two camps: whistle-blowers and defenders of the faith.

If you were away on a NASA space mission this past …

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29 AUGUST 2011

Arabesque à terre in the eye of a storm

It’s called petit allegro – the swift and agile footwork that enables ballerinas to dodge falling debris during a hurricane.

Ignoring Mayor Bloomberg’s order to stay indoors and watch SYTYCD reruns this weekend, Becky, visiting from England, decides not to let a little hurricane spoil her trip to New York. …

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22 AUGUST 2011

Houston, We Have Lift-Off

A ballet dancer is constantly renegotiating her relationship with gravity; we rise on pointe as an expression of our desire to fly. Joie Brown’s beautiful watercolor triptych illustrates two important aspects of a dancer’s technique:

Well-developed arches of the feet, coupled with the ankle mobility needed to position the ankle

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5 AUGUST 2011

Thousand Island Arabesque

A supported arabesque is a rare sight in this idyllic spot – herons, loons, largemouth bass and mahogany Lyman outboards are the more usual fare – but wherever dancers find inspiration in nature, Ballet to the People is there to capture the moment.

Cristina holds a 1st arabesque: the …

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